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The Jade Flute

BEFORE AND AFTER

Anonymous translation

LOOKING BACKWARD ... I CANNOT SEE THE ANCIENTS OF DAYS. LOOKING FORWARD ... I CANNOT SEE AGES YET TO COME. ONLY HEAVEN AND EARTH HAVE REMAINED, AND WILL REMAIN FOREVER ... I AM ALONE, I GRIEVE, I DROP TEARS INTO THE DUST. [Chen Tzu-ang]

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Illustration from The Jade Flute: Chinese Poems in Prose

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